The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-10-07
COFFEE ~ THE cONFEDERACY.
The Various Substitutes Tried In Turn-Cot-
ton seed BcycrnGe-

. Coffee had been almost tho sole table
beverage ut tho south, and no pTiv4ti8u
caused more actual dIscomigr, among the
people at large than the want Oi IL.
There was nothing for which they strJyc
- eagerly and increasingly To procure 4
substitute. Few, indeed, were the sub
stances which did not, first ami last, find
their vIy into the coffee pot. Wheat,
rye. corn. sweet potatoes, peanuts dau,.c-
lion seed, okra seed, pcrsimmoH seed,
melon seed are but i few OF the subsri-
tutcs which had thciy turn and their day-
. liz Tor the difference between Rio
and rye" said iLc wits. Eureka ~
cried an enthusiastic newspaper cyrrc-
sPpulcut. Another OF s.lIE..s which
holds t.Ie south II the commercial Jhall
of the world j severed. Let South
America kcrpitS Rio and the uutu olcs its
Java. IL Is discovered u be true beyond
prr.lveutUrr taut AZ u beverage the seed
OF the sls i~laL& c3t-ou cannot b. distIu-
guishci z3m the best Java. unless bv It's
superiority shIlc the se-t ut the DrII-
nary varieties found u b. uyL = whit
behind the best Riy." What Iuttcr ii
c2cIL=iacuL and Joy II raised II many =
household md doubtless tie scene III
ours WIS tYpicaI-tJ lind that the great
national plant, the very symbol Oi the
CouicdcrIcy, W. indeed - many sided,
II gave Us greater confidence, il i We're
possible - have greater, IL the power
and possibilities 81 the south, now th4t
cotton. the great king, had A-d another
crown laid On his brow.
70 opportunc was the discover, to0,
thu. IL slrurk Us - almost - divine rev
clutIyu- IL lic1tlug ihc lu--FP-sltI0a Ot
Providence IL our IlyOT- - eager were
We 10 tc.. II or rather 10 confirm IL, for
il w.ls1yO good no, - be true -lhAt We
q
North Carolina and 2cp the country, we
had never seen any sea island cotton, but
the prospect Ot being confined 10 Rio was
by 10 means appalling 4 pICkauuInny
WIS forthwith hUE-icd of 20 the cotton
patch, then spGrscly fieckcd with newly
UpeF-cd balls. The aprUnful of precious
stuff now vcriiAhlo mamma, wsus hard
" indoors before 2 dozen hands Of all
sizes and cOlOrs we-e tearing, PIcklu, at
tho lisCrciIt-d fiber, I'm quest OF the uIDr1
priceless seed The Rio Was made and
drank. Despite the sorghum s"crtcuIug
the verdict Wis unanimous IN IGs favor
] hope that the communication of this
stup-L1JUs disco very 10 our nrIELbDrs
added 1-s luInsusciy TO our EaPp.ues, -
10 our -rlI-IIup pyrtIEr,-. 5Ug d III In, last
respect ~ sIuuci, rctribut!Du could uot
have been l4-5LrG Tor although, owing
10 the iaet tli4L happily the recollection
gt aisappo.n-mcut7 and huuI.iA-iJas -
less .tDldiu-; than the opposite frs-.n.s, I
am unable 10 tel czacHy why alI 81. leu
we returned Co. parched bran, i is never
thrlesS ,-ue JAIl We did.
Erciraa Tor making "coGeo without
Co,icr when tL- real article vas al
iudrI 10, strong c.arIasis on the HorI
Lett uo doubt ass lJ which kin, was meant
were extensively advc--ls,d in th-
newspapers, and IN some instances sold
10y CauEsls~Itl-, AGENTS. But rvc, ezra seed
and meal or bran held in the long run
the popular favor. Those who cOu.4 al
ford an lntinitrAimal quantity Uf thc real
article, counted yut by tuc grain TO flavor
the Substitute. were the envy %. tu8
E-i-l5rrapaa- 4 cup oi pure, genuine
coffee would in Inc eyes OF many have.
been au cN-ra.a-aucc akin TO Claupatra'4
famous Hraught itself. The contents Of q
small -uuri, which held our rutI-C stock
OF the genuine article Ior MANY months
before the Close of the war. must have
gone towards the making Oi ~ Incredible
lake OF CO-ct-.